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1 Analysis 1 Berkley Olsen NRSG 795: Biostatistics for Evidence-based Practice

2 ANALYSIS 1 A project was designed to assess employee health while working in the COVID19 environment. The sample size of the program was 73 individuals. There was a small amount of missing data, four missing values for age and one missing value for shift. These individuals were excluded from the calculations of the statistics for the given variables in Table 1. The mean age was 42.5 with a standard deviation of 11.2. The study contained 69.4% females and 30.5% males. Figure 1 is a box and whisker plot that illustrates the distribution of gender by work year, showing a median of 15 work years (IQR= 6) for males and 13.5 work years (IQR= 7) for females. The distribution for both males and females is negatively skewed. Figure 2 is a bar plot that presents the percentage of shifts worked (Nights (11pm-7 am), Evenings, Day) by the data set, 19.7% work nights, 39.4% work evenings and 40.8% work days. Table 1 Characteristics of a sample care providers working in a rural hospital in South Dakota (N=73) Variable M SD n Min Max Mdn % Workyrs 12.5 5.1 72 2 23 14 Age 42.5 11.2 68 25 70 41 Stress 12.9 3.4 72 4 20 12.5 Marital     Never Married 16 22.2     Married 44 61.1     Living with Significant Other 6 8.3     Separated/Widowed/Divorced 6 8.3 Gender     Male 22 30.6     Female 50 69.4 Shift     Nights (11pm-7 am) 14 19.7     Evenings 28 39.4     Day     29       40.9 Note. Due to rounding errors, percentages may not equal 100%. Note. There are four missing values for age and one missing value for shift in the data set. Figure 1